Pride - after drydock -- suite photos and casino smoking ?

[BigDog46202]

Ok, have to ask, @Tom-n-Cheryl and @jimbo5544 were you guys on the Carnival Magic TA in 2011?

 

We are on the TA on the Pride on October 28th of this year after a week spent in Italy.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

1 minute ago, BigDog46202 said:

Ok, have to ask, @Tom-n-Cheryl and @jimbo5544 were you guys on the Carnival Magic TA in 2011?

 

We are on the TA on the Pride on October 28th of this year after a week spent in Italy.

 

This is the only TA I've ever done... 

 

Statendam 1966  😉

 

Tom

[jimbo5544]

15 hours ago, BigDog46202 said:

Ok, have to ask, @Tom-n-Cheryl and @jimbo5544 were you guys on the Carnival Magic TA in 2011?

 

We are on the TA on the Pride on October 28th of this year after a week spent in Italy.

Nope, two I had scheduled were cancelled for Covid

[janice2348]

I am hoping for a YouTube video walk through post dry dock. Nothing as of yet. We are sailing on Pride next March for partial Panama Canal transit. Can’t wait!

[jimbo5544]

23 minutes ago, janice2348 said:

I am hoping for a YouTube video walk through post dry dock. Nothing as of yet. We are sailing on Pride next March for partial Panama Canal transit. Can’t wait!

Nice cruise

[janice2348]

22 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

Nice cruise

We’re really excited!

[jimbo5544]

2 hours ago, janice2348 said:

We’re really excited!

One of the best balcony’s in the fleet, ton’s of room.  

[sunonfire]

On 6/23/2023 at 4:18 PM, janice2348 said:

I am hoping for a YouTube video walk through post dry dock. Nothing as of yet. We are sailing on Pride next March for partial Panama Canal transit. Can’t wait!

This is the first one thatI found after the dry dock. It is short and fast. 
 

 

[janice2348]

1 hour ago, sunonfire said:

This is the first one thatI found after the dry dock. It is short and fast. 
 

 

Thank you!

[lost4sure]

Will be on the Pride, is the cabin TV movies on demand?  Or the 2 movies channels on the loop thru the day?  

Just wondering,

Grace

[sunonfire]

Here’s another post dry dock video.

 

 

[janice2348]

On 6/27/2023 at 3:35 PM, sunonfire said:

Here’s another post dry dock video.

 

 

Thank you!

[txyellowrose]

On 6/14/2023 at 8:50 AM, shiner6 said:

Aft suite7298, enjoying very much! Fabulous balcony. I am spoiled for life. So quiet and the views are incredible. Tons of room and storage. Nice new tub in Bathroom. Plenty of hot water. Not one complaint.

 

[txyellowrose]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and pictures of this cabin! I will be sharing this same one with my cousin the end of January. Looks like USB outlets everywhere! What about electrical outlets? I've sailed on the Pride before but in a balcony with only one outlet and no USB charging outlets. Glad to hear you enjoyed this cabin, the balcony, and the food!

 

[nybumpkin]

I'm back.... I'm working on my review, but thought I'd stop by with some quick thoughts about Pride's refurbishment. To be honest, I really didn't see much in the way of change.

 

This was our fourth cruise on Pride. We had aft wrap 7347. As you will see from earlier in this thread, the most I really hoped for was an extra outlet in the suite. Not only were there no new outlets, but the one usable US outlet in the dressing room was broken. (I say "usable" because there are two additional outlets - but they're behind the televisions.) I spent the first two days plugging my curling iron into one of the TV outlets, then positioning myself so I could look in the mirror below the TV. (It did give amusement to DH.😀) They did fix the plug on day 2.

 

There really weren't any noticeable changes to the suite. It was still a very nice room with a wonderful balcony, which let us enjoy great views of the fjords (the reason for booking the aft wrap to begin with). The one suggestion I'd have for this cabin is a bath mat for the tub. It may be a factor of my getting older, but I found it difficult to stand without holding on - and washing your hair one-handed can be amusing at best.

 

As for the rest of Pride, there were the differences I noticed:

 

1. As you've probably heard, David has been evicted from the steakhouse. The Joe Farcus directional signs on the Promenade Deck still refer to it as David's, though (probably hard to change them). I did see one comment (I think here on Cruise Critic) suggesting that maybe they should call the steakhouse Fahrenheit 451 instead of Fahrenheit 555.😄 While we didn't have a dinner there, our tablemates did, and enjoyed it very much - and that's what really matters.

 

2. More important to me was the elimination of the card room, replaced by a nondescript shop selling beach gear. It's an odd location for a shop, being on a different deck from the other shops. All I could think is that it's close to the forward gangway, so they could make sales to folks who forgot water shoes, sunscreen, etc. The only problem with this theory is that the shops are closed when the ship's in port. (DH takes a more mercenary attitude - he figured the card room wasn't making money, so it needed to go.) I was a big fan of the card room - DH and I would get coffee from Java Blue (nearby), then settle in for gin rummy. We made do by using the cocktail tables along the deck near Alchemy, but they're not really intended for card games.

 

3. The casino bar is gone, as has happened on other ships in drydock. I'm not a casino player, so I don't know if there was an impact by its elimination - but I did see a number of bar servers walking around the casino.

 

4. Most of the artwork is intact (much to the dismay of folks who don't like it). However, they did eliminate the art from the elevators. Probably for the best - on past cruises, I saw vandalism in the elevators.

 

As I mentioned, I'm working on an overall review of our trip - but if you have questions about Pride in particular, I'd be happy to help.

[sunonfire]

Nybumpkin. Were the thrusters noisy or did they cause vibrations?

[nybumpkin]

2 hours ago, sunonfire said:

Nybumpkin. Were the thrusters noisy or did they cause vibrations?

No noise or vibration at all. And I'm sensitive to that on Spirit-class ships, especially with aft cabins.

[kwokpot]

I remember awhile back when I first sailed the Pride from Baltimore the was definitely an issue with vibrations. It was so bad that eating dinner in the MDR the vibrations caused the waterglass to literally move around the table since it was the new glossy wood tables without tablecloths. We had to hold on to everything on the table otherwise all the tablewate would have fallen off! 

[Sten0127]

Nybumpkin,

 

Was just wondering if you had any tender ports, and if so how the tender process went.  I will be on the Pride in a couple weeks, and I heard the tenders were a mess last year in Europe on the Pride and was hoping that it was improved this year.

 

Thanks!

[nybumpkin]

1 hour ago, Sten0127 said:

Nybumpkin,

 

Was just wondering if you had any tender ports, and if so how the tender process went.  I will be on the Pride in a couple weeks, and I heard the tenders were a mess last year in Europe on the Pride and was hoping that it was improved this year.

 

Thanks!

Sorry, no tender ports on the Norway cruise.